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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Reduced Set of Alternatives for Fixed Guideway Project <br /> December 20, 2010 <br /> Page 2 <br /> <br /> • Bus service improvements along Civic Center Drive and First Street. <br /> • Streetcar service along Santa Ana Boulevard and 4th Street. <br /> • Streetcar service along Santa Ana Boulevard/Civic Center Drive/5th Street. <br /> <br /> It should be noted that all routes traverse west from Raitt Street to Harbor Boulevard/Westminster <br /> Avenue via the Pacific Electric Right-of-Way. These routes are recommended because they provide <br /> a direct link to the Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center and other transit services throughout <br /> the study area. They also serve key activity centers and transit-supportive land uses, and are within <br /> a convenient walking distance for many residents and employees. Maps of the recommended study <br /> routes are provided as Exhibits 1, 2, and 3. <br /> <br /> It is important that the Reduced Set of Alternatives be locked in at this point of the study process, so <br /> conceptual engineering and environmental analysis can proceed on schedule and within budget. <br /> Investigation of additional technology or alignment alternatives cannot be accommodated within the <br /> project budget and will delay completion of the conceptual engineering and environmental analysis <br /> by approximately six months. <br /> <br /> By approving the Reduced Set of Alternatives, the City Council will enable the consultant team to <br /> refine the technology and alignment alternatives for the initial segment of the Santa Ana-Garden <br /> Grove Fixed Guideway Project. Only the technology and alignment choices included in the Reduced <br /> Set of Alternatives will be eligible for implementation in the next five to ten years. Expanding the <br /> system to other corridors or deviating from the proposed route will have to be explored as part of a <br /> separate future study effort. <br /> <br /> ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT <br /> <br /> There is no environmental impact associated with this action. <br /> <br /> FISCAL IMPACT <br /> <br /> Funds for conceptual engineering and environmental analysis are available in Measure M - Street <br /> Construction Fund (account no. 03217661-66220, project 092505). <br /> i <br /> APPROVED AS TO FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS: <br /> <br /> <br /> Raul Godinez I Francisco Gutierrez <br /> Executive Direc Executive Director <br /> Public Works Agency Finance & Management Services Agency <br /> <br /> RG: DB <br /> <br /> Exhibits 1-3: Recommended study routes <br /> <br /> 2 <br /> 23B-2 <br />